2016 Michigan Primary

The 2016 Michigan Primary is one of four nominating contests scheduled for March 8. I’ll be updating the results here on election night as the returns come in. On this page, you’ll also find information on how on many delegates are at stake and how each party awards them.

Primary Type
The Michigan primary is open. Voters declare their party affiliation by the ballot they select when they vote.

Delegate Award MethodologyDemocrats
Pledged delegates (130) are awarded proportionally based on statewide and district level vote totals. A 15% threshold is in place for all delegates. This means that a candidate must win at least 15% of the vote in a district or statewide election to be eligible for any delegates. Michigan is also allocated 17 superdelegates which are not pledged based on the primary outcome.

Republicans
All Michigan delegates (59) are awarded in the Republican caucus as follows.

If one candidate receives over 50% of the vote, that candidate is awarded all 59 delegates.

Otherwise, if at least one candidate receives at least 15% of the vote, then all delegates are awarded proportionally to the candidates receiving at least 15%.

Otherwise, all delegates are awarded proportionally to all candidates receiving at least the number of votes received by the first-place finisher minus 5%.